Dundee-headquartered Thorntons Wealth Management, with offices in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, has acquired Edinburgh-based financial planning firm Robson Macintosh. The deal completed on 27 September and brings the combined assets under administration and management for Thorntons Wealth Management and T
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Equity deal activity involving smaller businesses in Scotland picked up during the first half of 2024, one of only two parts of the UK to experience a year-on-year increase after a difficult 2023, according to new research from the British Business Bank. The Bank’s annual Nations & Regions
Donald Trump's commitment to investing in his Aberdeenshire golf company is "unwavering", it said after recording a £1.4 million loss last year. Trump International Scotland is in the final stages of building a second championship links golf course which will open in summer 2025, and is planni
A global network of video games developers and academics attended a two-day Gaming Clusters Across Multiple European Regions (GAME-ER) research and networking event in Dundee.
Confidence amongst Scottish businesses is expected to hold steady for the next six months, with many in a ‘wait-and-see’ mode as they look to the upcoming budgets for clarity on the economic direction of both Scotland and the UK, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute. The indepen
ESPC CEO, Paul Hilton, discusses the rising popularity of bungalows and asks why more aren’t available to satisfy growing buyer demand. When you imagine the kind of property young buyers want to live in, you’d be forgiven for thinking immediately of glossy city apartments or spacious tow
Scottish company insolvencies have declined by 16% since last year, but experts say overall volumes will remain high for some time to come. There were a total of 73 company insolvencies registered in Scotland in September 2024, comprised of 48 CVLs, 18 compulsory liquidations and seven administratio
The Taliban has banned media outlets across large swathes of Afghanistan from broadcasting images of living beings. State media in the provinces of Takhar, Maidan Wardak and Kandahar have been told they can no longer air or publish images of people or animals, Newsweek reports.
A growing number of businesses in Scotland are showing early signs of financial distress, according to Begbies Traynor. The independent business rescue and recovery specialist today published its latest Red Flag Alert data, showing a rise in financial distress in Scotland and the UK in the third qua
A "punishing" regulatory framework for Edinburgh’s self-catering sector will cost jobs and do nothing to resolve the city's housing crisis, a trade association has warned after a new study found further reductions in short-term lets could cost Edinburgh's economy £57 million.
BNP Paribas Real Estate, part of the BNP Paribas Group, has announced that Morgan Stanley's Glasgow office has been acquired by French investment firm Iroko Zen in a deal worth more than £50m, cementing the largest office transaction in Scotland so far this year. The property at 122 Waterloo S
HNH Partners has shared plans for growth and team expansion following a series of recent appointments. The multi-disciplinary corporate finance advisory firm, which has flagship offices in both Belfast and Edinburgh, confirmed the growth plans as it launched a new corporate identity.
The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) has reported record financial results for its second year, with payments to clubs totalling £389,000, a 17% rise on the previous year.
UK Finance has reported that £571.7 million was stolen through payment fraud in the first half of 2024, a 1.5% decrease from the same period in 2023. While authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses decreased by 11%, unauthorised fraud losses increased by 5%.
International tourism in Scotland continues to outperform other parts of the UK, new figures have revealed. Covering the first six months of 2024, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) latest figures for the International Passenger Survey (IPS) show, there were a total of 1,975,000 visits to Scot